The Bachelorette's Katie Thurston is celebrating the small victories following her breast cancer diagnosis. "Finished biopsy.

Currently, if a lump is found by X-ray, ultrasound or physical examination, women have to have part of it removed though a biopsy - an invasive procedure in which a needle is inserted to extract ...

Women of color are less likely to receive prompt follow-up testing after abnormal mammogram results, a new study has found.

A doctor may recommend a biopsy to investigate a breast lump. The type of biopsy a person has depends on the nature of the lump. Biopsies may cause some discomfort and bruising. A breast biopsy is ...

Columbus Regional Health has the ability to screen for lung cancer and identify it in early stages. Timely identification and ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

Despite high rates of disease misclassification and sepsis, the use of transrectal biopsy remains commonplace. Transperineal mapping biopsies mitigate these problems but carry increased cost and ...

This could potentially help personalise cancer treatment, they suggest, with hopes that patients could one day forego biopsy completely as doctors would be able to study tumours from scan images ...

BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries ... on his lung during a screening CAT scan. Speaking with his doctor ...